About

Our lab is interested in how bacteria control their shape and size during growth. We also study how bacteria coordinate general physiology with shape. For example, how do bacteria ‘know’ in a certain nutrient environment at what rate they have to expand their cell envelope to make space for intracellular protein, DNA, etc. ? How do they know when to divide, and when to undergo a transition into dormancy? Our lab addresses these questions with combined techniques from physics, engineering, and molecular biology. In particular, we are using state-of-the art fluorescence microscopy, quantitative image analysis, and modeling to decipher how bacteria organize in space and time.

March 2016 – Hélène and Irida join as a M2 students. Hélène works on protein-protein interactions using correlation spectroscopy. Irida will use biochemistry and genetics to study the cell-wall expansion machinery. Welcome!

February 2016 – Louis and Thomas from the interdisciplinary AIV master program join the lab for their master thesis projects. Welcome!

October 2015 – Sven receives an Emergences grant from the City of Paris.

October 2015 – After an excursion to the iGEM competition Antoine returns for his PhD under joint supervision in the Synthetic biology lab and in our lab. Welcome back!